How our inner Ego sometimes misjudges a PERSON

A lady in a faded grey dress and her husband, dressed  in a home-spun suit  walked in timidly without an appointment into the Harvard University President's outer office. The secretary could  tell in a moment that such backwoods, country hicks had no business at Harvard and probably didn't even deserve to be in Harvard.

"We want to see the President "the man said softly.

"He'll be busy all day "the secretary snapped.

"We'll wait" the lady replied.

For hours the secretary ignored them, hoping that the couple would finally become discouraged and go away. They didn't and the secretary grew frustrated and finally decided to disturb the president..

"Maybe if you see them for a few minutes, they'll leave" she said to him.

The President, stern faced and with dignity, strutted toward the couple.

The lady told him "We had a son who attended Harvard for one y ear. He loved Harvard. He was happy here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally  killed. My husband and I would like to erect a  memorial to him, somewhere on campus."

The president wasn't touched....He was shocked.  "Madam "he said, gruffly, we can't put up a statue for every person who attended  Harvard and died. If we did, this place would look like a cemetery."

"Oh, no," the lady explained quickly" We don't  want to erect a statue. We  thought we would like to give a building to  Harvard."

The president rolled his eyes. He glanced at the gingham dress and homespun suit, and then exclaimed, "A building! Do you  have any earthly idea how much a building costs? We have over seven and a half million dollars in the physical buildings here at Harvard."

For a moment the lady was silent. The president  was  pleased. Maybe he could get rid of them now. The lady turned to her  husband and said quietly, "Is that all it costs to start a university ? Why  don't we just start our own?"

Her husband nodded. The president's face wilted in confusion and  bewilderment. Mr. & Mrs. Leland Stanford got up and  walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California where they established  the University that bears their name: -Stanford University, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer  cared about.

 

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Most of the time we judge people by their outer  appearance, which can be misleading. And in this impression, we tend to treat people badly by thinking they can do nothing for us. Thus we tend  to lose our potential good friends, employees or customers.

Remember in our life, we seldom get people with  whom  we want to share &  grow our thought process. But because of our inner EGO we miss them forever.It is you who have to decide with whom you are getting associated in day   to day life.

Small people talk about others, Average people talk about things, Great people talk about ideas. The best mirror is an old friend.

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1. Symptom: Cold and humid feet.
Cause: Glass is being held at incorrect angle…you’re pouring the drink on your feet.
Cure: Maneuver glass until open end is facing upward.

2. Symptom: The wall facing you is full of lights.
Cause: You're lying on the floor.
Cure: Position your body at a 90-degree angle to the floor.

3. Symptom: The floor looks blurry.
Cause: You're looking through an empty glass.
Cure: Quickly refill with your favorite beverage.

4. Symptom: The floor is moving.
Cause: You're being dragged away.
Cure: At least ask where they're taking you.

5. Symptom: You hear echoes every time someone speaks.
Cause: You have your glass on your ear.
Cure: Stop making a fool of yourself!

6. Symptom: The room is shaking a lot, everyone is dressed in white and the music is very repetitive.
Cause: You're in an ambulance.
Cure: Don't move. Let the professionals do their job.

7. Symptom: Your dad and all your brothers are looking funny.
Cause: You're in the wrong house.
Cure: Ask if they can point you to your house.

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A little old is walking down the street one afternoon, when he sees a woman with perfect breasts.

He says to her, "Hey miss, would you let me bite your breasts for $100?"

"Are you nuts?!" she replies, and keeps walking away.

He turns around, runs around the block and gets to the corner before she does. "Would you let me bite your breasts for $1,000 dollars?" he asks again.

"Listen you; I'm not that kind of woman! Got it?"

So the little old man runs around the next block and faces her again, "Would you let me bite your breasts - just once - for $10,000 dollars?!"

She thinks about it for a while and says, "Hmm, $10,000 dollars...Ok, just once, but not here. Let's go to that dark alley over there."

So they go into the alley, where she takes off her blouse to reveal the most perfect breasts in the world. As soon as he sees them, he grabs them and starts caressing them, fondling them slowly, kissing them,licking them, burying his face in them - but not biting them.

The woman finally gets annoyed and asks, 'Well? Are you gonna bite them or not?'

"Nah," says the little old man ... "Costs too much!"

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Wife:          'What are you doing?'
Husband:     ' Nothing'
Wife:          'Nothing...?  You've been reading our marriage certificate for an hour.'
Husband:      'I was looking for the expiration date.'

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